Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '20 at 23:56
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 216 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 564 56% 458 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 176 Parallax 187 147% 181 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 156 Splatting 117 123% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 408 480 487 487 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 487 Mixed 451 SusWrite 438 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.1 207% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 859GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 88 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 88.9 Write 44.2 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 88.7 50% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 58%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 15GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 61 58 57 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 57.8 Write 57.2 Mixed 40.4 SusWrite 58.3 39% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 51%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 198GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 85 84 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 76.9 Write 85.8 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 84.1 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,312x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,187x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	151x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16